Mercurius Dulcis

Calomel

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Has marked effect on catarrhal inflammation of ear, and useful in Eustachian catarrh, deafness. Diarrhœa, with soreness of anus. Prostatitis . Remittent bilious attacks. Pallor, flabby bloatedness , and turgid flaccidity. Inflammation with plastic exudate. Especially indicated in systems disposed to remittent bilious fevers; in peritonitis and meningitis with plastic exudate . Dropsies due to combined renal and cardiac diseases, especially with jaundice (Hale). Cirrhosis of the liver, especially in the hypertrophic form. Use 1x (Jousset).

Ears

Otitis media; closure of Eustachian tube; ear troubles of scrofulous children; membrana tympani retracted, thickened and immovable.

Mouth

Offensive breath; salivation; sore gums. Ulcers. Tongue black. Constant flow of dark, putrid saliva; very offensive. Ulceration of throat, with dysphagia. Granular pharyngitis.

Stomach

Nausea and vomiting. Cyclic vomiting of infants ( Cup ars; Iris ).

Stool

Scanty, bloody mucus, with bile, and constant desire , without tenesmus. Dark-green, watery, with griping. Anus sore and burning. Dysentery; small stools of mucus and blood, covered with bile .

Skin

Flabby and ill nourished . Swollen glands. Phagedenic ulcers. Copper-colored eruptions.

Relationship

Compare: Kali mur .

Dose

Third to sixth trituration. For palliative (non-homeopathic) purposes, to secure evacuation of bowels, two or three-grain doses of first decimal trituration, repeated several times every hour.

Mercurius Dulcis across the other classic books

Mercurius Dulcis appears in 8 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Calomel. (Hg2Cl2.) Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes, especially of the eye and ear. Catarrhal inflammation of middle ear (Kali m.). Eustachian tube closed ; catarrhal deafness and otorrhoea in psoric children; deafness of old age (Kali m.). Acute affections of prostrate after maltreated stricture. Deafness and…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Mercurous chloride, HgCl. Calomel. Hydrargyrum chloratum mite. Preparation for use , Triturations. Authorities.”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Ears. Eustachian tube. Tonsils. Liver. Duodenum. Bowels. Mucous membranes. Pleura. Acids. Cold drinks. Pallid , flabby, catarrhal and bilious. Pale mucous membranes. Deficient oxidation. Reabsorbent action. .................... Painful scalp. Meningitis. Rapid winking. Obstructed Eustachian tube (Kali-m. Petr.) or…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Subchloride of Mercury. Calomel. Mercurous chloride. HgCl. Trituration. Catarrh / Condylomata / Conjunctivitis / Deafness / Diarrhœa / Eustachian tube, affections of / Gastro-malachia / Meningitis / Peritonitis, plastic / Prostatitis / Throat, sore Merc. dulc. is responsible for a large amount of the mercurialisation…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Calomel. Hg Cl. Symptoms toxicological and clinical. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Ulceration of cornea , Norton, Oph. Therap. ; Phlyctenular conjunctivitis , Newton, Raue's Rec., 1872, p. 68 ; Otorrhœa , Lobethal, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 369 ; Catarrhal inflammation of middle ear (93 cases), Houghton, Times Retros., vol…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: calomel. Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes, especially of the eye and ear (A.). Otitis media (Calc-S., Kali-M., Puls.) (Br.). Eustachian catarrh, with deafness and tinnitus aurium (D.). Catarrhal deafness and otorrhœa in psoric children (Kali-M., Sil.) (A.). Deafness of old age (Caust., Kali-M…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Catarrhal inflammation of the Eustachian tube and middle ear. (Kali mur.)”

Mercurius Dulcis in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Mercurius Dulcis in 38 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in MOUTH (5), STOOL (5), RECTUM (4), STOMACH (4), EYE (3).

EAR - INFLAMMATION - media
THROAT - INFLAMMATION - Tonsils
URINE - SCANTY
STOOL - CHOPPED - eggs
STOMACH - VOMITING - milk
RECTUM - CONDYLOMATA
EAR - CATARRH. - eustachian tube
EYE - INFLAMMATION - choroid
MALE GENITALIA - CONDYLOMATA
RECTUM - URGING,desire - constant
STOOL - WATERY - green
EYE - INFLAMMATION - conjunctiva - pustular (including cornea)
MOUTH - ULCERS
THROAT - ULCERS
RECTUM - DYSENTERY
STOOL - GREEN
STOMACH - VOMITING - sour
STOOL - BLACK
STOOL - WATERY
STOMACH - VOMITING

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